Chess tournaments Chess strategy Computer chess Chess players FIDE Chess variants Chess rules and history

Guo Qi

Guo Qi, World Junior Championship 2012 in Athens
Full name Guo Qi
Country China
Born January 27, 1995
Jiangsu, China
Title International master (2014)
Woman Grandmaster (2011)
Peak rating 2462 (March 2014)

Guo Qi (Chinese: 郭琦; pinyin: Guō Qí; born January 27, 1995 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster.

She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in 2012. This achievement earned her the qualification for the Women's World Championship 2014, which was eventually postponed to 2015.

In November 2012, Guo competed as FIDE president nominee in the Women's World Chess Championship 2012, in which she was eliminated in the first round by Natalia Zhukova.

She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal in the 2013 Women's World Team Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.

In August 2014, she won both team and individual silver medals, the latter on the reserve board, in the 41st Chess Olympiad (Women).

She took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2015, where she was knocked out in the first round by the eventual runner-up Natalija Pogonina.

COMMENTS